What does "circumduction" mean?
Circumduction: An annulling; cancellation. [R.] Ayliffe.
Additional senses
- 2.(Phisiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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